Metallic window.



T. LEE.r y METALLIC WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 8, 1909.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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' -Tiioiyuisignili,for HOME CITY, OHIO.

To .all-whom 'it may concern.: y

Be it known that I, ,THOMASV Lama citizen of the United States, vand 'residing at Home City,fHamilton county, Stateof Ohio,.have

invented certain. new and useful Improvementsin Metallic Windows; andIdo de `clirethe following to be a clear, full, and

exact description of the invention, attention being called to the accompanying drawing, with 4the reference characters marked thereon, which forms also a part of this specifirames receiving the sashes are made of sheet-metal, and where these sashes are supported lto have a sliding movement for opening .or closing," guides being provided 'for `tliem on the window-frame in which they niove..`

llyl-iiiyentionv relates more yparticularly to these guides which fare constructed in a .manner to `permit ready removal of. the

- l Snsheswhen,'such becomes necessary, a's for for any other-purpose.

In the `following specication and par- Instance` for cleaning, repair, painting, or

l ticularlypointed out in the claims at` the ,end thereof, will be found a full description :of my invention, togetherwith its 4parts and construction, which latter is also illustrated the accompanying drawing, in which- .g Figure 1, in perspective view shows one of the upright members of a sheet-metal window-frame, adjoining parts of the` sill at the lower end and .of the cap at the upper end being also shown. Fig. 2, is'a front elevation of this part of. the frame with parts broken out, and illustrates the removable' .attachment of certain parts used in connection with the sash-guide-Way's. Fig. 3, ina similar view, shows a s ash-guide-way in normal condition. Fig. 4, 1s an enlarged,

.horizontal section on liney 4 4 of Fig. 2.

F ig.;5,'is a similar section taken on line li--iifof Fig. 3, parts of the frame being omitted. F 1g. 6, is a perspective View, showing a certain part of the construction detached.

AIn the drawing, A indicates one of the u' right-members of a window-frame, snita ly Acon'sti'a'ieted 4of sheet-metal. according to custoiinary approved methods.

B shows apartfof the sill, and C -a part of thecap, the 4first at `the lower end, and

' the inner or lstantially tubular (structures.

YiviFriiLLic 'winnow Patented `Dec.` 7, 1909.

Application inea March s, 1909. serial No. 481,923.

the other at the upper end of the upright fram-member. Sill andl`v cap extend over to meet another upright frame-member,similar to member A, but not shown, and with it complete the window-frame. Sashes are fitted. to this frame as indicated at D in Fi .5, and guides are provided for them w ich form- Ways. between which they may move. These guide-ways are formed. by partsl ot jamb-side a of the upright frame-members and by three guide-strips E, F and G which projectfroni this jamb-side and between which, (as shown in Fig. 5)l the saslies are guided in 'their sliding movements. There is an intermediate guide-strip. E,.and two outer ones F and G. This former, since it 'is between the saslies and keeps connected thereto, yThe other vremoval) e strips are shaped to formV hollow, prismatic or channel -.shaped, -slender and elongated rails and Aeach isprovided with atongue, which .tongues are integral extensions 'of these rails as 'Shown-.at 7, the edges of the `metal being extended accordingly. The edge of one of the sides of each railva's. shown in Fig. 0,or two of them as shownsin Fig. 4 may be soextendedfor this purpose, the strips inthe latter case forming sub- Otherwise the guide-strips may be of plain, rectanguf lar profile, vas shown in Fig. 4, or the outer ones may be shaped to'forin -a molding as shown in Fig. 5,` Recesses or grooves 8 are provided in the jamb side aof each uprightwindoW-frame member vfor the reception of ton ues 7 ofA these guide-strips. l mi.

e insertion or removal ofa guide-strip is best illustrated in Fig.. 2. Openings are provided in theA frame, opposite' one of the ide'- ends of each guide-strip, preferably theirupper ones, and litted to receive these ends as bestjshown inY Figs. l and` 2,l wheresucli openings are provided at 9 in the underside c l of cap The insertion of a strip is spective opening?) and with its tongue partly started at its upper end and in an' inclined position, when with its end below its reentered into its complementary vgroove below said opening, it is irst raised up into this opening an at the same time moved toward the jamb-surface a of the frame so tha-tits tongue fully enters the groove intended to receive it. Thereafter the strip is pushed down until its lower end comes to a seat on the upper side b of the sill' as shown in Fig. 3. The lengthv of a strip is so arranged that after so seated its upper end fully occupies and preferably extends beyond opening 9 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, wherebyrthe strip is securely held in position at its upper end and incapable of movement in` any direction horizontally. At their lower ends, the strips have upwardly extending notches 10, which notches, when a strip"is moved down into position, engage projections 11 provided wit-hin grooves 8, and at their lower ends, so that each strip is also securely held at its lower end.

lVhen a strip is first raised at the beginning of the manipulation for it`s insertion as above explained, it is lifted sufficiently to bring the open end of its notch 10, above the projection 11, it is to receive, as is readily Vunderstood so that, after the strip is lowered, said projection occupies the notch as shown in Eig. 3. These projections may be formed by metal attached, or by a part of the upperside, b of the sill which part may be turned up in forni of a iiange on the inside of the lower end of jamb a, as shown in Fig. 2, suficient of the metal which surrounds grooves 8, at their lower ends having been cut away to clear this upturned metal. Whenr the strips "are of considerable length, it becomes 'desirable to provide additional holding means between their ends. They consist of hooks 12, rigidly secured within grooves 8,

j, preferably by rivets 13, and of notches in seat, as

tongues 7 complementary to these hooks. These notches consist of two parts and by one of which, shown at 14, a tongue clears the entire hook to permit it to enter its groove when a strip is first inserted while inraised position. The other part is an upward extension from the bottom of the notch as shown at 15 and is intended to receive the hook proper, which it does when the strip is moved down into its final position. The inner edge ofthe hooks and the outer edge of notch 15 opposite it, are each inclined, one complementary to the other, so that, when the guide-stripsare pulled down, a wedgeaction `ensues whereby they are at the same time drawn up to a vsnug'seat against the jamb-surfaces of the window-frame. This to the strips, is determined by `shoulders 16 which form the base .from

which the tongues project, and whichare produced by angularly bending the sides of the strips accordingly, resulting also when the extended parts of these sides are shaped to form the tongues.

. The thickness .ofthe metal out -of which hooks 12 are formed corresponds to the width of grooves 8, and these hooks act also as spacers for the grooves to hold them open and to their shape. Additional hooks may be provided if the length of the guide-strips renders such desirable. The guidestripsl may be readily taken out at any time by simply raising them sutliciently to clear projections may be removed in a manner indicated in Fig. 2. The means of attaching these hooks avoidv any projections on the inside of T.the frame which might interfere with the movement of weights which balance the sashes.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

1. In a window, the combination of sliding sashes, metallic strips to guide them during their movement, said strlps having each a notch extending inwardly from onef'of their ends, a frame to which the sashes are fitted and which consists of upright and horizontal members one of which latter is `provided with openings each adapted to j1receive one end of each ide-strip, and projjections on the frame a apted to be engaged 'y the notches at the other ends of the guide-strips.

2. In a window, the combination of sliding sashes, metallic strips to guide them each of which is provided with a tongue, a

11 and hooks A12, after which they frame consisting of horizontal and upright members to which the sashes are fitted and the upright members of which have grooves tokwhich the tongues of the guide-'strips are" fitted and in which they are seated, devices l to hold these latter removably in place and spacing means within these grooves to hold them to their shape, the tongues'occupyingl these grooves being cut out to clear these spacing means.

3. In a window, the combination of sliding sashes, metallic .stripsto guide them which are provided with. a tongue, a frame consisting of horizontal and upricht members to which t'he sashes are fitted and the upright members of which have grooves to which the tongues of the guide-strips are fit-I ted and hook-shaped spacing means rigidly secured within these grooves to hold them to shape, the tongues mentioned being ada ted to engage with these lneans 7sof-as to be eld in position by them.

4. In a window,`the combination of sliding sashes, a frame consisting of horizontal and upright members to which these sashes are fitted, they moving between .the opposite jamb surfaces of these upright members, each of which latter is provided with grooves, metallic strips which guide these sashes and which haveshoulders adapted to iio seat against the jamb-surfaces of the uping adapted to pass over the hooks. wlenthe 15 right members and tongues adapted to enter guide-strips are in elevated position after the grooves in them, the tongues having which, when they are lowered, the inclined g notches, each of which isupwardly exedges of -hooks and of notches engage each 5 tended, the extended part of each notch preother, drawing thereby the shoulders on thel sentmg an inclined edge, hooks Within the guide-strips to a seat against the jamb-sur- 2o grooves to hold the guide-strips in position faces of the window-frame.

and Imeans whereby these hooks are rigidly `In testimony whereof, I hereunto aix my Herd `inl place within these grooves, said signature in the presence of two witnesses..

1d 'o'oks beyond the point of their' attachment THOMAS LEE eing extended upwardly, which upwardlyy g 4 extended parts also present an inclined'edge .Witnesses: complementary to the inclined edge in the C. SPENGEL, extended part of the notches, the notches be- T. LE BEAU` 

